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Grate Fender. N0.105,295. Patented July 12,1870.

tinned fitness SAMUEL s. BENT, or Pour cnns'rnu, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 105,295, dated July 12, 1870.

GRATIS-FENDER;

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and snaking part of the lame To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, SAMUEL S. Bnx'r, of Port Chester, in the county of Westchesterand State of New York, have invented and made a new and useful Improvement in Grate-Fenders; and the following is declared to be'a correct description of the same.

In the construction of tenders for grates it has heretofore been usual to provide four parts, via, 1, a grate-frame, 2, an apron upon the same running back to'3, a grating below the grate and above 4, the pan into which the ashes are received. l

This construction renders it necessary to have the apron ot' the fender some distance above the hearth, sothat the ash-pan may sit below the back edge thereof.

The i'enderhas also been made to sit quite low, with the apron running back to an ash-pan below the grate, which ash-pan rises higherthan said apron, and, to hide the-said ashpan from view, an ornamenta] crown-piecehas been provided to rest upon the apron and against the lower portion of the grate itself.

When a fender in either of thebefore-named forms is employed, there is risk of dust and dirt being scattered upon thecarpet or floor when the ashes are being taken up, because the fender and apron have to pe iifted'aside to get at the ash-pan, and the ashes accumulating upon' the fender are liable to be scattered, and the ash-pan has to be moved and set down while the hearth is being swept up.

My improvement is made with a view to remedying these inconveniences; and consists 'in-a fender-apron, that extends from the tender-flame in beneath the grate, to the back of the ash-pit, and receives upon it the ash-pan and crown-piece.

By this construction the fender can be made as low or shallow as possible, the dust, ashes, cinders, 800., are all kept upon the fender, and can be swept up thereon and placed in the ash-pan without having to move the fender from its place, and this fender is more safe in use than others preceding it, because there are not any openings through which hot coals can pass below the fender-apron; therefore, theoarpet is protected, even if it should 'run partially beneath the fen der-apron. p 1

In the drawinga is a grate and' frame, of any usual construction;

b is'the fender-frame;

c, the apron; d, the crown-piece; and e, the ash-pan.

In the vertical section, Figure 1, this apron c is shown, together with'the relative positions of the ashpan, crown, and grate; 'and in Figure 2 the apron is shown separately by a plan view,- the positions of the Witnesses:

Gno. D. WALKER, Gum/.11, Imoxnnr. 

